It has been mostly below freezing point recently,
especially at nighttime. As the days are at their shortest right now – the time
between sunset and sunrise being here some 18 hours at the moment, although often it feels like there wasn’t any sunrise at all – we hopped
at the cottage to see whether there would be any ice on the sea yet.
Indeed, the cove had a thin ice cover with
delicate curvy formations sweeping as
far as ‘our area’ reaches, that is as far as the strips of land with the reeds are stretching on both sides of the little bay. The heavy ribbon of ice on the beach revealed there had
already at some point been a bit thicker layer of ice next to the waterfront.
When we last visited the site a couple of
weeks ago, the sea was still completely open and the only ice found was on the
hollows in the solid rock by the sea. Now the holes were probably frozen to the
bottom. It’s starting to look promising I might be motivated to get out of the
door every once in a while just to record the rest of the winter from this perspective.
I'm glad you braved the elements and gave us all such beautiful photos of the ice. Only six hours of daylight must be so hard. You must be looking forward to the shortest day and the turn towards longer days. I look forward to more icy pictures. Stay warm. B x
ReplyDeleteThank you, Barbara. I've been practically sleeping through the winter for a number of years now so I am more than happy when the peak of it will be behind.
DeleteIt does look beautiful, but also very cold! I would dislike having so little daylight, I always am relieved when we reach the shortest day. Sarah x
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